Qantas Airline faces lawsuit over fraudulent flights
<img width="250" height="167" src="https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FIN-LP-Qantas-Airline-faces-lawsuit-over-fraudulent-flights-5090715480iStock-501147980-250×167.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Qantas Airline faces lawsuit over fraudulent flights" decoding="async" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" link_thumbnail="" srcset="https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FIN-LP-Qantas-Airline-faces-lawsuit-over-fraudulent-flights-5090715480iStock-501147980-250×167.jpg 250w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FIN-LP-Qantas-Airline-faces-lawsuit-over-fraudulent-flights-5090715480iStock-501147980-700×467.jpg 700w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FIN-LP-Qantas-Airline-faces-lawsuit-over-fraudulent-flights-5090715480iStock-501147980-768×512.jpg 768w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FIN-LP-Qantas-Airline-faces-lawsuit-over-fraudulent-flights-5090715480iStock-501147980-120×80.jpg 120w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FIN-LP-Qantas-Airline-faces-lawsuit-over-fraudulent-flights-5090715480iStock-501147980-245×163.jpg 245w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FIN-LP-Qantas-Airline-faces-lawsuit-over-fraudulent-flights-5090715480iStock-501147980-500×333.jpg 500w, https://www.leaprate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/FIN-LP-Qantas-Airline-faces-lawsuit-over-fraudulent-flights-5090715480iStock-501147980.jpg 1254w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /><p><span data-contrast="auto">The crux is that these flight cancellations were typically due to circumstances that fell within the airline’s control, including re-routing, availability of landing and take-off runways in airports, and consumer demand. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">In the court filing, the watchdog </span><span data-contrast="auto">Australian Competition and Consumer Commission suggested that </span><span data-contrast="none">tickets remained available on various airline comparison sites and Qantas’ website for an average of more than two weeks, with some tickets registering over 47 days after the flights had been cancelled. The sum of the cancelled tickets sits somewhere around the $200m mark. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">The burgeoning lawsuit follows th</span><span data-contrast="auto">e $10m in shares that the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors awarded the company on Friday under a pandemic-era retention scheme, helping with long-term bonuses from 2020, 2021 and 2022, which CEO Alan Joyce had previously deferred. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">Last week, th</span><span data-contrast="none">e airline posted statutory total losses of $6.3bn over the three years from 2020-2022.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Labor National President Wayne Swan, stated: </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
<blockquote><p><span data-contrast="none">We have price gouging and deceptive conduct and real questions to be answered by Qantas, and in particular the Qantas board, which has appeared to be arrogant and very much in breach of the law.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p></blockquote>
<p><span data-contrast="none">Swan also suggested that the Qantas board balanced yearly bonuses over consumer satisfaction, appearing as arrogant officials who are very much in breach of the law. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">Talks are now underway as to whether Qatar Airlines can replace Qantas as the largest airline operating in Australia. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
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